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SONNET 150O, from what power hast thou this powerful mightWith insufficiency my heart to sway? To make me give the lie to my true sight, And swear that brightness doth not grace the day? Whence hast thou this becoming of things ill, That in the very refuse of thy deeds There is such strength and warrantise of skill That, in my mind, thy worst all best exceeds? Who taught thee how to make me love thee more The more I hear and see just cause of hate? O, though I love what others do abhor, With others thou shouldst not abhor my state; If thy unworthiness rais'd love in me, More worthy I to be beloved of thee. NOTES CL. The poet expresses his wonder that a woman so deficient in attractions can exert such a powerful sway over him. But the fact being so, there was the stronger reason why she should return his affection. 2. With insufficiency. With defective attractions, or deficient in attractions. 4. Implying, if the day is bright and beautiful, thou certainly art not so. 5. How is it that thou makest plain and unsightly features and unworthy actions seem so becoming? 6. The very refuse of thy deeds. The worst (line 8) of thy actions. 7. Such strength and warrantise of skill. Such ability and evident cleverness. "Warrantise" has apparently passed to the sense of "evidence." How to cite this article:______ Even More...  Stratford School Days: What Did Shakespeare Read? Games in Shakespeare's England [A-L] Games in Shakespeare's England [M-Z] An Elizabethan Christmas Clothing in Elizabethan England Queen Elizabeth: Shakespeare's Patron King James I of England: Shakespeare's Patron The Earl of Southampton: Shakespeare's Patron Going to a Play in Elizabethan London Ben Jonson and the Decline of the Drama Publishing in Elizabethan England Shakespeare's Audience Religion in Shakespeare's England Alchemy and Astrology in Shakespeare's Day Entertainment in Elizabethan England London's First Public Playhouse Shakespeare Hits the Big Time
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